On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, a series of activities and initiatives will be scheduled throughout this year to commemorate the creation of the journal.
During these two decades, the Journal of Bioethics and Law has analyzed the most current ethical and legal challenges of bioethics, both locally and globally. From the beginning, it has been published in open access, with the aim of promoting the academic dialogue and debate, and expanding a knowledge community from a plural, secular and multidisciplinary approach.
Over the years, it has been positioned as a reference in the main quality repositories (SCOPUS, DOAJ, SciELO, Latindex, Carhus+, among others); it is currently indexed in the first quartile of Dialnet in the thematic areas of philosophy, law, and philosophy of law.
In addition, during the last eleven years, it has received the distinction of quality and internationalization granted by the University of Barcelona to scientific journals published by the institution itself.
Last year, it also received the Seal of Quality for Scientific Journals (Sello de Calidad a las Revistas Científicas) awarded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), which recognizes the scientific and publishing quality of Spanish scientific publications that meet internationally recognized professional requirements, with mention of good editorial practices regarding gender equality.